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Fenton (name)

Fenton is both a surname and a male given-name, literally-meaning "fen/marsh town", originating as the name of several English places, popular in the United States and New Zealand. It is also a name of Irish-Gaelic origin; Ó Fionnachta (see Finnerty) or Ó Fiachna 'descendant of Fiachna', an old personal name Anglicized as Feighney and sometimes mistranslated as 'Hunt' (see Fee). Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname

Actors and actresses

  • Lavinia Fenton (1708–1760)
  • Leonard Fenton (1926–2022)
  • Simon Fenton

Journalists

  • Anthony Fenton, Canadian
  • Faith Fenton
  • Tom Fenton

Musicians

  • Bernie Fenton (1921–2001), British jazz pianist, co-founder of Club Eleven
  • Carl Fenton
  • George Fenton
  • Julian Fenton
  • Paul Fenton
  • Shane Fenton, singer aka Alvin Stardust

Politicians

  • Bob Fenton (1923–2013), New Zealand politician
  • Darien Fenton (born 1954), New Zealand politician
  • Donovan Fenton, American politician from New Hampshire
  • Ivor D. Fenton (1889–1986), American politician from Pennsylvania
  • James Fenton (1864–1950), Australian politician
  • Joseph S. Fenton (1781–1851), American politician from Michigan
  • Kelly Fenton (born 1966), American politician from Minnesota
  • Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), American politician from New York
  • William M. Fenton (1808–1871), American politician from Michigan

Sportspersons

  • Billy Fenton
  • Darin Fenton, Canadian curler
  • Ewan Fenton, Scottish footballer
  • Georgia-Mae Fenton (born 2000), British artistic gymnast
  • Geraldine Fenton
  • Isaac Fenton (1910–1997), English footballer
  • John Fenton (hurler)
  • Lorraine Fenton
  • Nick Fenton
  • Paul Fenton (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
  • Peggy Fenton (1927–2013), American baseball player
  • Rashad Fenton (born 1997), American football player
  • Ron Fenton (1940–2013), English footballer and manager
  • Ted Fenton

Writers

  • Elijah Fenton (1683–1730), an English poet, biographer and translator.
  • Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 1608), an English writer
  • James Fenton (born 1949), an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry
  • James Fenton (1931–2021), Ulster Scots writer and poet.

Other

  • Beatrice Fenton (1887-1983), American sculptor
  • Carroll Lane Fenton, American geologist, paleontologist, author
  • Clyde Fenton, flying doctor
  • David Fenton, founder of Fenton Communications
  • Edward Fenton (died 1603), navigator
  • Frank Fenton (disambiguation)
  • Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608), English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland
  • Gwen Fenton, Australian Antarctic scientist
  • H. J. H. Fenton, chemical engineer
  • John Charles Fenton, lawyer
  • Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • Joseph Clifford Fenton, editor of American Ecclesiastical Review (1944–66)
  • Mildred Adams Fenton, American geologist, palaeontologist, author
  • Myles Fenton (1830–1918), British manager of railway companies
  • Prudence Fenton, producer
  • Richard Fenton, Welsh topographer, poet and writer
  • Roger Fenton, photographer
  • Steve Fenton, footballer
  • Steve Fenton, rugby league player
  • Suzanne Fenton, American biologist
  • Ted Fenton, manager of West Ham United
  • Wayne S Fenton, psychiatrist, researcher with National Institute of Mental Health
  • William N. Fenton, historian

People with the given name

  • Fenton Johnson (poet) (1888–1958), American poet, essayist, author of short stories, editor and educator
  • Fenton Keogh, celebrity chef
  • Fenton Robinson, blues musician
  • Fenton Williams, lighting designer, founder of Filament Productions
  • Fenton Bailey, filmmaker and television producer

Fictional characters

  • Fenton, a 'young gentleman' in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Harry Fenton, in the television series Peaky Blinders
  • Lord Fenton, in the novel Scarlett
  • Fenton Crackshell, aka GizmoDuck from DuckTales
  • Fenton, the Death Sheep from Hell, the subject of the song "Sheep Marketing Ploy" by Tom Smith
  • Fenton Mewley, from the animated television series Home Movies
  • Fenton Hardy from the Hardy Boys books
  • Fenton O'Connell, an alias of Kevin Ryan in the television series Castle
  • Fenton Meiks, in the film Frailty
  • Fenton, a minor character who has a feud with Fez in the television series That '70s Show
  • Daniel Fenton, a main character of the animated television series Danny Phantom

References

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